“SHINING LIKE A DIAMOND”
“I decided that my education was the most important thing that I could ever have, because without your education, you can’t do much in this [...]
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“EMBRACING WHO YOU ARE”
For many years I’ve been blessed by my friendship with Pamela Ferrell, one of the country’s leading experts on natural Black hair. Pamela and her [...]
Read More“THE REAL MONSTERS”
Each year at Halloween, our neighborhoods are bustling as children go door to door dressed as zombies, vampires, skeletons or something else fantastic and scary. [...]
Read More“CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE”
With opportunity gaps widening for poor children and children of color, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education offers new [...]
Read More“GOOD NEWS FOR CHILDREN WHEN CONGRESS WORKS TOGETHER”
While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of [...]
Read More“WHAT ABOUT THE GIRLS?”
During the most critical period of Jessica’s childhood, adults who could have intervened to protect her from abuse let her down over and over. As [...]
Read More“DON’T MESS WITH CHIP: SEVENTEEN YEARS OF SUCCESS”
“If I could sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.” --Mrs. Rosa Parks, honorary co-chair, 1996 Stand for Children rally On June [...]
Read More“THE HIGH MORAL AND ECONOMIC COST OF CHILD POVERTY IN AMERICA”
Just released U.S. Census Bureau data reveal 45.3 million people were poor in America in 2013. One in three of those who are poor is [...]
Read More“THE EMOTIONAL TOLL OF GROWING UP BLACK IN AMERICA”
Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, a brilliant Black Ohio State University professor, recently opened the Educational Testing Service and Children’s Defense Fund co-sponsored symposium on Advancing Success [...]
Read More“’WHO’S LOOKING FOR ME?’: GOD’S AND AMERICA’S INVISIBLE CHILDREN”
Not long ago Reverend Romal Tune was the child in “Who’s Looking for Me,” his spoken word piece shared below—the hungry boy begging strangers for [...]
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